The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Hezbollah, a powerful Iran-backed militia, has long been the country’s dominant political force and has formed part of the ...

Since Bashar al-Assad fled the country and Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Damascus, eventually being declared president, every speech and interview he has given, whether televised or in print, reflects a ...

A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, his father Hafez al-Assad, the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl, a ...

DAMASCUS, Feb 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview released Monday that ...

"At least under the former dictator, Bashar al-Assad," he says ... from Iran - a country which sponsored both the Assad regime and Hezbollah. IBTISSAM HUMHOM: (Speaking Arabic).

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has largely neutralized Iran’s influence through the regime in Syria and its ally Hezbollah in Lebanon, both of which posed significant threats to Israel.

Syria's interim Defence Ministry has said that its forces are continuing operations against remnants of the ousted Bashar al-Assad government and drug traffickers along the Syrian-Lebanese border.